#4 - Mindfulness & Mental Health | Lindsay Howard

The Women's Health, Wisdom, and... WINE! podcast is a biweekly conversation with practitioners, providers, patients & healers about complex reproductive medicine & women's health challenges, the value of an integrative approach to these challenges, many of the women's health topics you're already thinking about & uncomfortable talking about & my personal favorite... WINE!

Often times, we can heal from even the most damaging physical wounds easier than we can from the invisible (and often hidden) emotional ones. Each year millions of women face the reality of living with a mental health condition. In this episode, we will use our time together to focus on the healing value of connecting in safe ways, prioritizing mental health, acknowledging that it’s okay to not be okay, and joining the national movement to raise awareness about mental health. Today we're taking some special time to highlight the various non-conventional, non-pharmaceutical, non-invasive treatment modalities that provide support while also fighting the stigma of needing help.

Together, we can realize our shared vision of a communities where women affected by mental health challenges can get the appropriate support and quality of care to live healthy, fulfilling lives — communities where no one feels alone in their struggle. You are not alone. Now more than ever we need to find ways to stay connected with our respective communities. No one should feel alone or without the information, support, and help they need.

About our guest:
Lindsay "Queenlin" Howard is a Registered Yoga Instructor (RYT200), Thai Yoga Bodywork practitioner, Board Certified Dance Movement Therapist & Community Herbalist. Studying at Drexel University’s School of Health Profession, her work enabled her to approach her work through a w(holistic) lens focusing on healing all parts of the individual (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual) in order to live well & at the highest full potential of self. She is an advocate for trauma prevention & healing-based communities for BIPOC folks as founder of the Healers For Liberation Network & is in community/membership organizations such as the Association of Black Psychologists, Organization of Umfundalai teachers, Black Yoga Teacher Alliance & Black MAGIC ADTA affinity group.

Resources Mentioned:
American Dance Therapy Association
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Maternal Mental Health
MacMurray Pinot Noir Russian River Valley

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